Prashanti News Updates: 2013

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - January 01, 2013

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What are the flowers that are dearer to God? Where can we find them so that we may offer it to Him, today and everyday? Bhagawan gives us a profound New Year message.

Audio Special:
"Fleeting Moments, Lasting Memories - Reflections of former Sai students - Mr. Gautam Dutt - Part 7"

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"Sathya Sai Speaks: How to Secure Happiness this New Year"

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Team Radio Sai Wishes all Our Readers and Listeners a New Year Filled with True Happiness and Peace

Watch the Live Video Webcast of the New Year's Day Celebrations at Prasanthi Nilayam at around 8:15 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. (IST) Today on our Website, www.radiosai.org

God does not expect you to perform rituals nor does He want you to study the scriptures. All that He desires from you is eight types of ‘flowers’. God will be pleased with you and confer boons on you only when you offer Him these ‘flowers’ which are dear to Him. No benefit accrues from offering the flowers, which fade away and decay. Offer Him the eight flowers of nonviolence, control of senses, compassion, forbearance, peace, penance, meditation and Truth (ahimsa, indriya nigraha, daya, kshama, shanti, tapas, dhyana and sathya). Your life will find fulfillment when you please God by offering Him these ‘flowers’. Love is the undercurrent of all this. So lead a life suffused with love.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 22, 2000.

When God is pleased with you, the whole world will be pleased with you. Therefore, let all your efforts be towards pleasing God. - Baba

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Monday, December 30, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 31, 2013

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What is the purpose of this human life? Why do the feeling behind our actions matter in all that we do? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Love to Love - a musical selection on Gratitude & favourite bhajans - first aired live on 21 March 2013"

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H2H Special:
"Radio Sai Bhajan Classroom:
Prem Eshwar Hai"

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Watch the Live Video Webcast of the Programme by the Alumni of Sri Sathya Sai Primary School at 5 p.m. (IST) Today on our Website, www.radiosai.org

"My Joy as I Celebrate Christmas and New Year"

Human life is highly sacred, most precious and Divine. Do not fritter it away by indulging in unsacred activities. All that you find outside is nothing but the reflection, reaction, and resound of your inner feelings. Life must be lived in the proper way by exercising control over the ten senses. Speak sweetly and softly. You cannot always oblige, but you can always speak obligingly. Pray for the well-being of all. Sanctify your senses by serving all. By exercising control over your senses, you can achieve anything in life. You may think that you have given away ten bags of rice in charity and distributed clothes to 500 people. Such accounts are to be submitted to the income tax department and not to God. God is not interested in quantity; He sees the feeling behind your acts. So, whatever acts of charity you undertake, do it with the spirit of love and sacrifice.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 22, 2000.

Our good conduct is our true wealth. - Baba

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 30, 2013

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Why is silence praised as an important virtue for living in the society and for a spiritual life? Bhagawan explains the benefits and motivates us today.

Audio Special:
"Radio Sai Study Circle with
alumni of Sai University
- Episode 10 - Part 1"

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"The Story of Christmas
- A Spiritual Seeker's
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"My Joy as I Celebrate Christmas and New Year"

Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. That will help you in many ways. It will develop love, for most misunderstandings and factions arise out of carelessly spoken words. When the foot slips, the wound can be healed; but when the tongue slips, the wound it causes in the heart of another will fester for life. The tongue is liable for four big errors: uttering falsehood, scandalizing, finding fault with others, and excessive articulation. These have to be avoided if there is to be peace for the individual as well as for society. The bond between one another will be strengthened if people speak less and sweetly. That is why silence was prescribed as a vow for spiritual aspirants by the scriptures. You are all spiritual aspirants at various stages of the road, and so this discipline is valuable for you.

- Divine Discourse, Jul 22, 1958.

The voice of God can be heard only in the depths of silence. - Baba

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 29, 2013

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How can we sanctify time, which is the most precious gift from God? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Love to Love - a musical selection on Gratitude & favourite bhajans - first aired live on 21 March 2013"

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H2H Special:
"Bewitched by His Love: An enthralling conversation with
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Click Here to Download and Listen to the Various Segments of Radio Sai's Latest Thursday Live (26 December 2013)

"My Joy as I Celebrate Christmas and New Year"

People worship God with devotion and sincerity, but God is not satisfied with external worship. You should serve society. Only service can confer bliss on you. By rendering service to society, you can alleviate the sufferings of the people, and also bring about transformation in their lives. Yad Bhavam Tad Bhavathi (as is the feeling, so is the result). When you serve with sacred feelings, it is bound to yield sacred results. Serve society to your utmost capacity. The satisfaction that you get by participating in bhajans is temporary, whereas service confers permanent satisfaction. Time is the most precious gift of God, but you are wasting it in vain pursuits and unsacred feelings. Sanctify the time given to you by serving society. Through service alone you can get rid of worries, ego, pomp and show, and other evil qualities.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 22, 2000.

Share your joy, your wealth and your knowledge with others less fortunate. That is the surest means of winning divine grace. - Baba

Friday, December 27, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 28, 2013

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What is the precondition for the manifestation of Divinity? Bhagawan explains and encourages us to take to the path more earnestly.

Audio Special:
"Service in the name of Sai - Tamil Nadu seed facilitation project"

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H2H Special:
"Video:Christmas Celebrations at Prasanthi Nilayam - 2013"

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"My Joy as I Celebrate Christmas and New Year"

In the Prahaladha story, consider the emergence of the Lord from a pillar. The significance of the destruction of the pillar is a prelude to the manifestation of the Lord. The illusion relating to the body must be destroyed for the Divine to manifest Himself. The body is no doubt essential up to a point; it is for the performance of right actions and to discover the secret underlying all action. Do not give room for the waywardness of the mind. Purify your mind and direct it towards the righteous path. In the spiritual field there is no royal highway or shortcuts. The path is narrow and straight, and the goal is infinitely precious. Crowds swarm a fish market but only a few go to a diamonds shop. The road to God is for the genuine spiritual aspirants.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1994.

Our deeds reveal our motives, our motives design our habits, our habits decide our character, and our character determines our destination. - Baba

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 27, 2013

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What is the relationship between our thoughts and our fortunes? Bhagawan explains to us today the wonderful correlation.

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"Fleeting Moments, Lasting Memories - Mr. Gautam Dutt - Part 6"

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"Get Inspired: If you want to
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"My Joy as I Celebrate Christmas and New Year"

The most important requisite for people in the world is truth based on noble thoughts. True thoughts constitute the real, proper wealth. The absence of good thoughts weakens the will power. With a weak will, one can not accomplish even simple things. To achieve anything worthwhile in life you must strengthen your willpower. Your bad or good fortune is related directly to your thoughts. Sowing the seed of thoughts you reap the fruit known as Karma (deeds). Sowing the seed ofKarma, you then reap the fruit called practice (Abhyaasa). From Abhyaasa, you reap the fruit of character (Sheela). From Sheela you reap the fruit of good fortune (Adrushtam). Thus fortune is based on character, which is based on good practices arising out of good deeds based on good thoughts. Thus with the development of good thoughts, one's good fortune will also grow.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1994.

Habits mould your character and character decides your destiny. - Baba

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 26, 2013

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What is the connection between the body, mind and character? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Tryst with Divinity - Conversation with Mrs. Jenny Socrate from France - Part 3"

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H2H Special:
"Photo Gallery: The President
of India Visits Prasanthi Nilayam - 23 Dec 2013"

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Watch the Live Video Webcast of the Presentation of the International Children's Choir
at 5 p.m. (IST) Today on our Website, www.radiosai.org

"My Joy as I Celebrate Christmas and New Year"

The human body, made up of the five basic elements and endowed with the five sense organs, is not different from the mind. The mind wears the body as a vesture. The mind, for its enjoyment, uses the body as an instrument. It is the cause of all experiences. A body without a mind is as illusory as a crop on a barren field. In ordinary life people regard the body as permanent and for the sake of its pleasures undertake all kinds of efforts. This is a sign of ignorance. A body without the mind is as useless as a school without a teacher and a temple without a deity. The body should be regarded as an instrument for right living. Today, people are developing their intellectual abilities but are using their intelligence for wrong purposes. Knowledge without right action is useless. Mere action without knowledge is foolishness. Hence it is necessary to combine knowledge with cultivation of character.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1994.

Conflict and discord in the world will cease when men learn to practice sense-control. - Baba